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Rojas WY, Winter AD, Grote J, Kim SS, Naik RR, Williams AD, Weiland C, Principe E, Fischer DA, Banerjee S, Prendergast D, Campo EM. Strain and Bond Length Dynamics upon Growth and Transfer of Graphene by NEXAFS Spectroscopy from First-Principles and Experiment. Langmuir 2018; 34:1783-1794. [PMID: 29286662 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b03260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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As the quest toward novel materials proceeds, improved characterization technologies are needed. In particular, the atomic thickness in graphene and other 2D materials renders some conventional technologies obsolete. Characterization technologies at wafer level are needed with enough sensitivity to detect strain in order to inform fabrication. In this work, NEXAFS spectroscopy was combined with simulations to predict lattice parameters of graphene grown on copper and further transferred to a variety of substrates. The strains associated with the predicted lattice parameters are in agreement with experimental findings. The approach presented here holds promise to effectively measure strain in graphene and other 2D systems at wafer levels to inform manufacturing environments.
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- W Y Rojas
- School of Electronic Engineering, Bangor University , Bangor LL57 1UT, United Kingdom
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- School of Electronic Engineering, Bangor University , Bangor LL57 1UT, United Kingdom
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- Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory , Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433, United States
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- Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory , Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433, United States
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- Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory , Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433, United States
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- Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory , Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433, United States
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- Synchrotron Research, Inc. , Melbourne, Florida 32901, United States
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- Synchrotron Research, Inc. , Melbourne, Florida 32901, United States
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology , Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, United States
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- Departments of Chemistry and Materials Science and Engineering, Texas A&M University , College Station, Texas 77842-3012, United States
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- The Molecular Foundry, Materials Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- School of Electronic Engineering, Bangor University , Bangor LL57 1UT, United Kingdom
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Texas at San Antonio , San Antonio, Texas 78249, United States
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Meriga B, Parim B, Chunduri VR, Naik RR, Nemani H, Suresh P, Ganapathy S, Sathibabu Uddandrao VV. Correction to: Antiobesity potential of Piperonal: promising modulation of body composition, lipid profiles and obesogenic marker expression in HFD-induced obese rats. Nutr Metab (Lond) 2017; 14:76. [PMID: 29226913 PMCID: PMC5718035 DOI: 10.1186/s12986-017-0232-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2017] [Accepted: 11/30/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- Balaji Meriga
- Animal Physiology and Biochemistry Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh 517502 India
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- Animal Physiology and Biochemistry Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh 517502 India.,Present Address: Department of Bio-Technology, VSU College of Sciences, Vikrama Simhapuri University, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh 524320 India
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- Department of Chemistry, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh 517502 India
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- National Center for Laboratory Animal Sciences, National Institute of Nutrition (Indian Council of Medical Research), Hyderabad, India
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- National Center for Laboratory Animal Sciences, National Institute of Nutrition (Indian Council of Medical Research), Hyderabad, India
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- National Center for Laboratory Animal Sciences, National Institute of Nutrition (Indian Council of Medical Research), Hyderabad, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Center for Biological Sciences, K. S. Rangasamy College of Arts Science, Tiruchengode, Tamil Nadu India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Center for Biological Sciences, K. S. Rangasamy College of Arts Science, Tiruchengode, Tamil Nadu India
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Meriga B, Parim B, Chunduri VR, Naik RR, Nemani H, Suresh P, Ganapathy S, Sathibabu Uddandrao VV. Antiobesity potential of Piperonal: promising modulation of body composition, lipid profiles and obesogenic marker expression in HFD-induced obese rats. Nutr Metab (Lond) 2017; 14:72. [PMID: 29176994 PMCID: PMC5693419 DOI: 10.1186/s12986-017-0228-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2017] [Accepted: 11/06/2017] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Background Black pepper or Piper nigrum is a well-known spice, rich in a variety of bioactive compounds, and widely used in many cuisines across the world. In the Indian traditional systems of medicine, it is used to treat gastric and respiratory ailments. The purpose of this investigation is to study the antihyperlipidemic and antiobesity effects of piperonal in high-fat diet (HFD)-induced obese rats. Methods Piperonal, an active constituent of Piper nigrum seeds, was isolated and confirmed by HPLC, 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy. Male SD rats were fed on HFD for 22 weeks; Piperonal was supplemented from the 16th week as mentioned in the experimental design. Changes in body weight and body composition were measured by TOBEC, bone mineral composition and density were measured by DXA, and adipose tissue distribution was measured by 7 T–MRI. Plasma levels of glucose, insulin, insulin resistance and lipid profiles of plasma, liver and kidney, adipocyte hormones and liver antioxidants were evaluated using standard kit methods. Expression levels of adipogenic and lipogenic genes, such as PPAR-γ, FAS, Fab-4, UCP-2, SREBP-1c, ACC, HMG-COA and TNF-α were measured by RT-PCR. Histopathological examination of adipose and liver tissues was also carried out in experimental rats. Results HFD substantially induced body weight, fat%, adipocyte size, circulatory and tissue lipid profiles. It elevated the plasma levels of insulin, insulin resistance and leptin but decreased the levels of adiponectin, BMC and BMD. Increased expression of PPAR-γ, FAS, Fab-4, UCP-2, SREBP-1c, ACC, and TNF-α was noticed in HFD-fed rats. However, supplementation of piperonal (20, 30 and 40 mg/kg b.wt) for 42 days considerably and dose-dependently attenuated the HFD-induced alterations, with the maximum therapeutic activity being noticed at 40 mg/kg b.wt. Conclusions Piperonal significantly attenuated HFD-induced body weight and biochemical changes through modulation of key lipid metabolizing and obesogenic genes. Our findings demonstrate the efficacy of piperonal as a potent antiobesity agent, provide scientific evidence for its traditional use and suggest the possible mechanism of action.
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- Balaji Meriga
- Animal Physiology and Biochemistry Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh -517502 India
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- Animal Physiology and Biochemistry Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh -517502 India.,Present Address: Department of Bio-Technology, VSU College of Sciences, Vikrama Simhapuri University, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh -524320 India
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- Department of Chemistry, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh -517502 India
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- National Center for Laboratory Animal Sciences, National Institute of Nutrition (Indian Council of Medical Research), Hyderabad, India
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- National Center for Laboratory Animal Sciences, National Institute of Nutrition (Indian Council of Medical Research), Hyderabad, India
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- National Center for Laboratory Animal Sciences, National Institute of Nutrition (Indian Council of Medical Research), Hyderabad, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Center for Biological Sciences, K. S. Rangasamy College of Arts Science, Tiruchengode, Tamil Nadu India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Center for Biological Sciences, K. S. Rangasamy College of Arts Science, Tiruchengode, Tamil Nadu India
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Meriga B, Naidu PB, Muniswamy G, Kumar GH, Naik RR, Pothani S. Ethanolic Fraction of Terminalia tomentosa Attenuates Biochemical and Physiological Derangements in Diet Induced Obese Rat Model by Regulating Key Lipid Metabolizing Enzymes and Adipokines. Pharmacogn Mag 2017; 13:385-392. [PMID: 28839361 PMCID: PMC5551354 DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.208871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2016] [Revised: 02/17/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The prevalence of overweight-obesity and associated comorbidities have reached alarming levels necessitating the need to explore effective therapeutics. In the present work, we demonstrated the promising antiobesity activity of ethanolic fraction of Terminalia tomentosa bark (EFTT) in diet induced obese rat model. High Fat Diet (HFD)-fed obese rats were orally administered with EFTT (50, 100 and 200 mg/kg body weight). Changes in body weight, body composition, bone mineral concentration, bone mineral density, plasma glucose, insulin, leptin, adiponectin, circulatory and tissue lipid profiles, and the activities of liver antioxidant enzymes, key lipid metabolic enzymes and mRNA expressions of fatty acid synthase (FAS), peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPAR-γ), leptin and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) were assessed in experimental rats in the presence and absence of EFTT. At a dose of 200 mg/kg b.wt, EFTT has substantially attenuated body weight and related patho-physiological alterations in HFD-induced obese rats. These findings were correlated with histological observations of adipose tissue. The therapeutic activity of EFTT could be possibly through restoration of antioxidants status, regulation of key lipid metabolizing enzymes, expression of FAS, leptin, PPAR-γ and by synchronized control of energy metabolism in liver and adipose tissue.
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- Balaji Meriga
- Animal Physiology and Biochemistry Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India
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- Animal Physiology and Biochemistry Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India
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- Animal Physiology and Biochemistry Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India
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- Animal Physiology and Biochemistry Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India
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- National Center for Laboratory Animal Sciences, National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad, India
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- National Center for Laboratory Animal Sciences, National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad, India
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Brahmanaidu P, Uddandrao VVS, Sasikumar V, Naik RR, Pothani S, Begum MS, Rajeshkumar MP, Varatharaju C, Meriga B, Rameshreddy P, Kalaivani A, Saravanan G. Reversal of endothelial dysfunction in aorta of streptozotocin-nicotinamide-induced type-2 diabetic rats by S-Allylcysteine. Mol Cell Biochem 2017; 432:25-32. [PMID: 28258439 DOI: 10.1007/s11010-017-2994-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2016] [Accepted: 02/24/2017] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Dietary measures and plant-based therapies as prescribed by native systems of medicine have gained attraction among diabetics with claims of efficacy. The present study investigated the effects of S-Allylcysteine (SAC) on body weight gain, glucose, insulin, insulin resistance, and nitric oxide synthase in plasma and argininosuccinate synthase (AS) and argininosuccinate lyase (ASL), lipid peroxides and antioxidant enzymes in aorta of control and streptozotocin-nicotinamide (STZ-NA)-induced diabetic rats. Changes in body weight, glucose, insulin, insulin resistance, and antioxidant profiles of aorta and mRNA expressions of nitric oxide synthase, AS, and ASL were observed in experimental rats. SAC (150 mg/kg b.w) showed its therapeutic effects similar to gliclazide in decreasing glucose, insulin resistance, lipid peroxidation, and increasing body weight; insulin, antioxidant enzymes, and mRNA levels of nitric oxide synthase, argininosuccinate synthase, and argininosuccinate lyase genes in STZ-NA rats. Histopathologic studies also revealed the protective nature of SAC on aorta. In conclusion, garlic and its constituents mediate the anti-diabetic potential through mitigating hyperglycemic status, changing insulin resistance by alleviating endothelial dysregulation in both plasma and tissues.
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- Parim Brahmanaidu
- Department of Biotechnology, Vikrama Simhapuri University, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Centre for Biological Sciences, K.S. Rangasamy College of Arts and Science (Autonomous), Thokkavadi, Tiruchengode, Tamil Nadu, 637215, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Centre for Biological Sciences, K.S. Rangasamy College of Arts and Science (Autonomous), Thokkavadi, Tiruchengode, Tamil Nadu, 637215, India
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- National Center for Laboratory Animal Sciences, National Institute of Nutrition (ICMR-New Delhi), Hyderabad, India
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- National Center for Laboratory Animal Sciences, National Institute of Nutrition (ICMR-New Delhi), Hyderabad, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Muthayammal College of Arts and Science, Rasipuram, Namakkal, Tamil Nadu, 637408, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, K.S. Rangasamy College of Arts and Science, Thokkavadi, Tiruchengode, Tamil Nadu, 637215, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, K.S. Rangasamy College of Arts and Science, Thokkavadi, Tiruchengode, Tamil Nadu, 637215, India
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- Animal Physiology & Biochemistry Lab, Department of Biochemistry, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, 517502, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Centre for Biological Sciences, K.S. Rangasamy College of Arts and Science (Autonomous), Thokkavadi, Tiruchengode, Tamil Nadu, 637215, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Centre for Biological Sciences, K.S. Rangasamy College of Arts and Science (Autonomous), Thokkavadi, Tiruchengode, Tamil Nadu, 637215, India
- Department of Biochemistry, PGP College of Arts and Science, Namakkal, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Centre for Biological Sciences, K.S. Rangasamy College of Arts and Science (Autonomous), Thokkavadi, Tiruchengode, Tamil Nadu, 637215, India.
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Naidu PB, Sathibabu Uddandrao VV, Naik RR, Pothani S, Munipally PK, Meriga B, Begum MS, Varatharaju C, Pandiyan R, Saravanan G. Effects of S-Allylcysteine on Biomarkers of the Polyol Pathway in Rats with Type 2 Diabetes. Can J Diabetes 2016; 40:442-448. [PMID: 27373435 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjd.2016.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2015] [Revised: 03/21/2016] [Accepted: 03/23/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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OBJECTIVES We evaluated the effects of S-allylcysteine (SAC) on biomarkers of the polyol pathway in streptozotocin-nicotinamide (STZ-NA)-induced diabetes in rats. METHODS Diabetes was induced in male albino Wistar rats by intraperitoneal administration of STZ (55 mg kg-1 bw-1) and NA (110 mg kg-1 bw-1). SAC (150 mg kg-1 bw-1) was orally administered to the rats with diabetes for 45 days to assess its effects on blood glucose, insulin, insulin resistance, glycated hemoglobin, aldose reductase (AR), sorbitol dehydrogenase (SDH), sorbitol, fructose, thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances (TBARS), hydroperoxide, hemoglobin and glutathione (GSH). RESULTS On SAC administration in the rats with diabetes, the levels of blood glucose, insulin resistance, glycated hemoglobin, AR, SDH, sorbitol, fructose, TBARS and hydroperoxide increased significantly (p<0.05), whereas those of insulin, hemoglobin and GSH decreased. SAC showed therapeutic effects similar to those of gliclazide in decreasing blood glucose, AR, SDH, sorbitol, fructose, glycosylated hemoglobin, TBARS and hydroperoxides levels and significant increases in insulin, hemoglobin and GSH activity in rats with diabetes. Moreover, histopathologic studies also revealed the protective effect of SAC on pancreatic beta cells. CONCLUSIONS The results indicate that SAC prevents complications of diabetes by reducing the influx of glucose in the polyol pathway, thereby elevating the GSH level and reducing the activities of AR and SDH. Therefore, SAC may have imperative implications for the deterrence and early treatment of type 2 diabetes.
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- Parim Brahma Naidu
- Animal Physiology and Biochemistry Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Centre for Biological Science, K. S. Rangasamy College of Arts and Science, Thokkavadi, Tiruchengode, Tamil Nadu, India
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- National Center for Laboratory Animal Sciences, National Institute of Nutrition (ICMR), New Delhi, India
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- National Center for Laboratory Animal Sciences, National Institute of Nutrition (ICMR), New Delhi, India
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- Animal Physiology and Biochemistry Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Muthayammal College of Arts and Science, Rasipuram, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Centre for Biological Science, K. S. Rangasamy College of Arts and Science, Thokkavadi, Tiruchengode, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Centre for Biological Science, K. S. Rangasamy College of Arts and Science, Thokkavadi, Tiruchengode, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Centre for Biological Science, K. S. Rangasamy College of Arts and Science, Thokkavadi, Tiruchengode, Tamil Nadu, India.
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Brahma Naidu P, Uddandrao VVS, Ravindar Naik R, Suresh P, Meriga B, Begum MS, Pandiyan R, Saravanan G. Ameliorative potential of gingerol: Promising modulation of inflammatory factors and lipid marker enzymes expressions in HFD induced obesity in rats. Mol Cell Endocrinol 2016; 419:139-47. [PMID: 26493465 DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2015.10.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2015] [Revised: 10/10/2015] [Accepted: 10/11/2015] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Obesity, generally linked to hyperlipidemia, has been occurring of late with distressing alarm and has now become a global phenomenon casting a huge economic burden on the health care system of countries around the world. The present study investigated the effects of gingerol over 30 days on the changes in HFD-induced obese rats in marker enzymes of lipid metabolism such as fatty-acid synthase (FAS), Acetyl CoA Carboxylase (ACC), Carnitine Palmitoyl Transferase-1(CPT-1), HMG co-A Reductase (HMGR), Lecithin Choline Acyl Transferase (LCAT) and Lipoprotein Lipase (LPL) and inflammatory markers (TNF-α and IL-6). The rats were treated orally with gingerol (75 mg kg(-1)) once daily for 30 days with a lorcaserin-treated group (10 mg kg(-1)) included for comparison. Changes in body weight, glucose, insulin resistance and expressions of lipid marker enzymes and inflammatory markers in tissues were observed in experimental rats. The administration of gingerol resulted in a significant reduction in body weight gain, glucose and insulin levels, and insulin resistance, which altered the activity, expressions of lipid marker enzymes and inflammatory markers. It showed that gingerol had significantly altered these parameters when compared with HFD control rats. This study confirms that gingerol prevents HFD-induced hyperlipidemia by modulating the expression of enzymes important to cholesterol metabolism.
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- Parim Brahma Naidu
- Department of Biochemistry, Animal Physiology & Biochemistry Lab, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, 517502, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Centre for Biological Sciences, K.S. Rangasamy College of Arts and Science, Thokkavadi, Tiruchengode, 637215, Tamil Nadu, India
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- National Centre for Laboratory Animal Sciences, National Institute of Nutrition (ICMR-New Delhi), Hydrabad, Andhrapradesh, India
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- National Centre for Laboratory Animal Sciences, National Institute of Nutrition (ICMR-New Delhi), Hydrabad, Andhrapradesh, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Animal Physiology & Biochemistry Lab, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, 517502, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Muthayammal College of Arts and Science, Rasipuram, Tamil Nadu, 637408, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Centre for Biological Sciences, K.S. Rangasamy College of Arts and Science, Thokkavadi, Tiruchengode, 637215, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Centre for Biological Sciences, K.S. Rangasamy College of Arts and Science, Thokkavadi, Tiruchengode, 637215, Tamil Nadu, India.
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Kim S, Russell M, Henry M, Kim SS, Naik RR, Voevodin AA, Jang SS, Tsukruk VV, Fedorov AG. Dynamic modulation of electronic properties of graphene by localized carbon doping using focused electron beam induced deposition. Nanoscale 2015; 7:14946-14952. [PMID: 26302897 DOI: 10.1039/c5nr04063a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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We report on the first demonstration of controllable carbon doping of graphene to engineer local electronic properties of a graphene conduction channel using focused electron beam induced deposition (FEBID). Electrical measurements indicate that an "n-p-n" junction on graphene conduction channel is formed by partial carbon deposition near the source and drain metal contacts by low energy (<50 eV) secondary electrons due to inelastic collisions of long range backscattered primary electrons generated from a low dose of high energy (25 keV) electron beam (1 × 10(18) e(-) per cm(2)). Detailed AFM imaging provides direct evidence of the new mechanism responsible for dynamic evolution of the locally varying graphene doping. The FEBID carbon atoms, which are physisorbed and weakly bound to graphene, diffuse towards the middle of graphene conduction channel due to their surface chemical potential gradient, resulting in negative shift of Dirac voltage. Increasing a primary electron dose to 1 × 10(19) e(-) per cm(2) results in a significant increase of carbon deposition, such that it covers the entire graphene conduction channel at high surface density, leading to n-doping of graphene channel. Collectively, these findings establish a unique capability of FEBID technique to dynamically modulate the doping state of graphene, thus enabling a new route to resist-free, "direct-write" functional patterning of graphene-based electronic devices with potential for on-demand re-configurability.
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- S Kim
- George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA.
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Silva JE, Geryak R, Loney DA, Kottke PA, Naik RR, Tsukruk VV, Fedorov AG. Stick-slip water penetration into capillaries coated with swelling hydrogel. Soft Matter 2015; 11:5933-5939. [PMID: 26119374 DOI: 10.1039/c5sm00660k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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We have observed intriguing stick-slip behavior during capillary pressure driven filling of borosilicate microtubes coated with hydrogel on their inner wall. Swelling of hydrogel upon exposure to a translating waterfront is accompanied by "stick-and-slip" motion. This results in the macroscopic filling velocity for water penetration into glass capillaries coated with poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM) being constant throughout the filling process, and reduced by three orders of magnitude when compared to filling of uncoated capillaries. A simple scaling analysis is used to introduce a possible explanation by considering the mechanisms responsible for pinning and unpinning of the contact line. The explanation assumes that the time scale for water diffusion into a hydrogel film and the resulting swelling/change of the local meniscus contact angle define the duration of each "stick" event. The "slip" length scale is in turn established by the elastocapillary deformation of dry hydrogel at the pinning point of the contact line. The sequential dynamics of these processes then determine the rate of water filling into a swelling capillary. Collectively, these experimental and theoretical results provide a new conceptual framework for liquid motion confined by soft, dynamically evolving polymer interfaces, in which the system creates an energy barrier to further motion through elasto-capillary deformation, and then lowers the barrier through diffusive softening. This insight has implications for optimal design of microfluidic and lab-on-a-chip devices based on stimuli-responsive smart polymers.
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- J E Silva
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
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Naik RR, Singh AK, Mali AM, Khirade MF, Bapat SA. A tumor deconstruction platform identifies definitive end points in the evaluation of drug responses. Oncogene 2015; 35:727-37. [PMID: 25915841 DOI: 10.1038/onc.2015.130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2014] [Revised: 02/16/2015] [Accepted: 03/20/2015] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Tumor heterogeneity and the presence of drug-sensitive and refractory populations within the same tumor are almost never assessed in the drug discovery pipeline. Such incomplete assessment of drugs arising from spatial and temporal tumor cell heterogeneity reflects on their failure in the clinic and considerable wasted costs in the drug discovery pipeline. Here we report the derivation of a flow cytometry-based tumor deconstruction platform for resolution of at least 18 discrete tumor cell fractions. This is achieved through concurrent identification, quantification and analysis of components of cancer stem cell hierarchies, genetically instable clones and differentially cycling populations within a tumor. We also demonstrate such resolution of the tumor cytotype to be a potential value addition in drug screening through definitive cell target identification. Additionally, this real-time definition of intra-tumor heterogeneity provides a convenient, incisive and analytical tool for predicting drug efficacies through profiling perturbations within discrete tumor cell subsets in response to different drugs and candidates. Consequently, possible applications in informed therapeutic monitoring and drug repositioning in personalized cancer therapy would complement rational design of new candidates besides achieving a re-evaluation of existing drugs to derive non-obvious combinations that hold better chances of achieving remission.
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- R R Naik
- National Centre for Cell Science, NCCS Complex, Pune, India
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- National Centre for Cell Science, NCCS Complex, Pune, India
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- National Centre for Cell Science, NCCS Complex, Pune, India
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- National Centre for Cell Science, NCCS Complex, Pune, India
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- National Centre for Cell Science, NCCS Complex, Pune, India
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Sotnikov SV, Markt PO, Malik V, Chekmareva NY, Naik RR, Sah A, Singewald N, Holsboer F, Czibere L, Landgraf R. Bidirectional rescue of extreme genetic predispositions to anxiety: impact of CRH receptor 1 as epigenetic plasticity gene in the amygdala. Transl Psychiatry 2014; 4:e359. [PMID: 24518397 PMCID: PMC3944631 DOI: 10.1038/tp.2013.127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2013] [Accepted: 12/07/2013] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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The continuum of physiological anxiety up to psychopathology is not merely dependent on genes, but is orchestrated by the interplay of genetic predisposition, gene x environment and epigenetic interactions. Accordingly, inborn anxiety is considered a polygenic, multifactorial trait, likely to be shaped by environmentally driven plasticity at the genomic level. We here took advantage of the extreme genetic predisposition of the selectively bred high (HAB) and low anxiety (LAB) mouse model exhibiting high vs low anxiety-related behavior and tested whether and how beneficial (enriched environment) vs detrimental (chronic mild stress) environmental manipulations are capable of rescuing phenotypes from both ends of the anxiety continuum. We provide evidence that (i) even inborn and seemingly rigid behavioral and neuroendocrine phenotypes can bidirectionally be rescued by appropriate environmental stimuli, (ii) corticotropin-releasing hormone receptor 1 (Crhr1), critically involved in trait anxiety, shows bidirectional alterations in its expression in the basolateral amygdala (BLA) upon environmental stimulation, (iii) these alterations are linked to an increased methylation status of its promoter and, finally, (iv) binding of the transcription factor Yin Yang 1 (YY1) to the Crhr1 promoter contributes to its gene expression in a methylation-sensitive manner. Thus, Crhr1 in the BLA is critically involved as plasticity gene in the bidirectional epigenetic rescue of extremes in trait anxiety.
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- S V Sotnikov
- Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany,Department of Normal Physiology, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia,Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Kraepelinstr. 2, 80804 Munich, Germany. E-mail: or
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- Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany,Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Kraepelinstr. 2, 80804 Munich, Germany. E-mail: or
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- Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Normal Physiology, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia
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- Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Institute of Pharmacy and Centre for Molecular Biosciences Innsbruck, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Institute of Pharmacy and Centre for Molecular Biosciences Innsbruck, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
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- Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
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- Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
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Akdim B, Pachter R, Day PN, Kim SS, Naik RR. On modeling biomolecular-surface nonbonded interactions: application to nucleobase adsorption on single-wall carbon nanotube surfaces. Nanotechnology 2012; 23:165703. [PMID: 22460916 DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/23/16/165703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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In this work we explored the selectivity of single nucleobases towards adsorption on chiral single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) by density functional theory calculations. Specifically, the adsorption of molecular models of guanine (G), adenine (A), thymine (T), and cytosine (C), as well as of AT and GC Watson-Crick (WC) base pairs on chiral SWCNT C(6, 5), C(9, 1) and C(8, 3) model structures, was analyzed in detail. The importance of correcting the exchange-correlation functional for London dispersion was clearly demonstrated, yet limitations in modeling such interactions by considering the SWCNT as a molecular model may mask subtle effects in a molecular-macroscopic material system. The trend in the calculated adsorption energies of the nucleobases on same diameter C(6, 5) and C(9, 1) SWCNT surfaces, i.e., G > A > T > C, was consistent with related computations and experimental work on graphitic surfaces, however contradicting experimental data on the adsorption of single-strand short homo-oligonucleotides on SWCNTs that demonstrated a trend of G > C > A > T (Albertorio et al 2009 Nanotechnology 20 395101). A possible role of electrostatic interactions in this case was partially captured by applying the effective fragment potential method, emphasizing that the interplay of the various contributions in modeling nonbonded interactions is complicated by theoretical limitations. Finally, because the calculated adsorption energies for Watson-Crick base pairs have shown little effect upon adsorption of the base pair farther from the surface, the results on SWCNT sorting by salmon genomic DNA could be indicative of partial unfolding of the double helix upon adsorption on the SWCNT surface.
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- B Akdim
- Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH 45433, USA.
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Akdim B, Kim SN, Naik RR, Maruyama B, Pender MJ, Pachter R. Understanding effects of molecular adsorption at a single-wall boron nitride nanotube interface from density functional theory calculations. Nanotechnology 2009; 20:355705. [PMID: 19671986 DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/20/35/355705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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In this paper, we explored computationally the feasibility of modulating the bandgap in a single-wall BN nanotube (BNNT) upon noncovalent adsorption of organic molecules, combined with the application of a transverse electric field. Effects of analytes' physisorption on the surface of BNNTs regarding structural and electronic properties were delineated. Relatively large binding energies were calculated, however, with minimal perturbation of the structural framework. Electronic structure calculations indicated that the bandgap of BNNTs can be modified by weak adsorption due to the presence of adsorbate states in the gap of the host system. Furthermore, we have shown that the application of a transverse electric field can tune the bandgap by shifting adsorbate states, consistent with calculated current-voltage characteristics.
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- B Akdim
- Air Force Research Laboratory, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH 45433, USA.
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Nature is an exquisite designer of inorganic materials using biomolecules as templates. Diatoms create intricate silica wall structures with fine features using the protein family of silaffins as templates. Marine sponges create silica spicules also using proteins, termed silicateins. In recent years, our group and others have used biomolecules as templates for the deposition of inorganic materials. In contrast with the traditional materials science approach, which requires high heat, extreme pH and non-aqueous solutions, the bio-based approaches allow the reactions to proceed usually at near ambient conditions. Additionally, the biological templates allow for the control of the inorganic nanoparticle morphology. The use of peptides and biomolecules for templating and assembling inorganics will be discussed here.
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- M M Tomczak
- Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433, USA
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Dickerson MB, Naik RR, Sarosi PM, Agarwal G, Stone MO, Sandhage KH. Ceramic nanoparticle assemblies with tailored shapes and tailored chemistries via biosculpting and shape-preserving inorganic conversion. J Nanosci Nanotechnol 2005; 5:63-67. [PMID: 15762162 DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2005.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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A novel biosynthetic paradigm is introduced for fabricating three-dimensional (3-D) ceramic nanoparticle assemblies with tailored shapes and tailored chemistries: biosculpting and shape-preserving inorganic conversion (BaSIC). Biosculpting refers to the use of biomolecules that direct the precipitation of ceramic nanoparticles to form a continuous 3-D structure with a tailored shape. We used a peptide derived from a diatom (a type of unicellular algae) to biosculpt silica nanoparticle based assemblies that, in turn, were converted into a new (nonsilica) composition via a shape-preserving gas/silica displacement reaction. Interwoven, microfilamentary silica structures were prepared by exposing a peptide, derived from the silaffin-1A protein of the diatom Cylindrotheca fusiformis, to a tetramethylorthosilicate solution under a linear shear flow condition. Subsequent exposure of the silica microfilaments to magnesium gas at 900 degrees C resulted in conversion into nanocrystalline magnesium oxide microfilaments with a retention of fine (submicrometer) features. Fluid(gas or liquid)/silica displacement reactions leading to a variety of other oxides have also been identified. This hybrid (biogenic/synthetic) approach opens the door to biosculpted ceramic microcomponents with multifarious tailored shapes and compositions for a wide range of environmental, aerospace, biomedical, chemical, telecommunications, automotive, manufacturing, and defense applications.
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- M B Dickerson
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 771 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0245, USA
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Coiled-coil proteins are assemblies of two to four alpha-helices that pack together in a parallel or anti-parallel fashion. Coiled-coil structures can confer a variety of functional capabilities, which include enabling proteins, such as myosin, to function in the contractile apparatus of muscle and non-muscle cells. The TlpA protein encoded by the virulence plasmid of Salmonella is an alpha-helical protein that forms an elongated coiled-coil homodimer. A number of studies have clearly established the role of TlpA as a temperature-sensing gene regulator, however the potential use of a TlpA in a thermo-sensor application outside of the organism has not been exploited. In this paper, we demonstrate that TlpA has several characteristics that are common with alpha-helical coiled-coils and its thermal folding and unfolding is reversible and rapid. TlpA is extremely sensitive to changes in temperature. We have also compared the heat-stability of TlpA with other structurally similar proteins. Using a folding reporter, in which TlpA is expressed as a C-terminal fusion with green fluorescent protein (GFP), we were able to use fluorescence as an indicator of folding and unfolding of the fusion protein. Our results on the rapid conformational changes inherent in TlpA support the previous findings and we present here preliminary data on the use of a GFP-TlpA fusion protein as temperature sensor.
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- R R Naik
- Air Force Research Laboratory, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH 45433-7702, USA
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Brott LL, Naik RR, Pikas DJ, Kirkpatrick SM, Tomlin DW, Whitlock PW, Clarson SJ, Stone MO. Ultrafast holographic nanopatterning of biocatalytically formed silica. Nature 2001; 413:291-3. [PMID: 11565027 DOI: 10.1038/35095031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 194] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Diatoms are of interest to the materials research community because of their ability to create highly complex and intricate silica structures under physiological conditions: what these single-cell organisms accomplish so elegantly in nature requires extreme laboratory conditions to duplicate-this is true for even the simplest of structures. Following the identification of polycationic peptides from the diatom Cylindrotheca fusiformis, simple silica nanospheres can now be synthesized in vitro from silanes at nearly neutral pH and at ambient temperatures and pressures. Here we describe a method for creating a hybrid organic/inorganic ordered nanostructure of silica spheres through the incorporation of a polycationic peptide (derived from the C. fusiformis silaffin-1 protein) into a polymer hologram created by two-photon-induced photopolymerization. When these peptide nanopatterned holographic structures are exposed to a silicic acid, an ordered array of silica nanospheres is deposited onto the clear polymer substrate. These structures exhibit a nearly fifty-fold increase in diffraction efficiency over a comparable polymer hologram without silica. This approach, combining the ease of processability of an organic polymer with the improved mechanical and optical properties of an inorganic material, could be of practical use for the fabrication of photonic devices.
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- L L Brott
- Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, 3005 P Street, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio 45433-7702, USA
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The Mechanosensitive channel of Large conductance (MscL) allows bacteria to rapidly adapt to changing environmental conditions such as osmolarity. The MscL channel opens in response to increases in membrane tension, which allows for the efflux of cytoplasmic constituents. Here we describe the cloning and expression of Salmonella typhimurium MscL (St-MscL). The amino acid sequence encoding for this MscL exhibits a high degree of similarity to Escherichia coli MscL (Eco-MscL). Using a fluorescence efflux assay, we demonstrate that efflux through the MscL channel during hypoosmotic shock can be monitored using endogenously produced fluorophores. These fluorophores are synthesized by a cotransformed gene, cobA. In addition, we observe that thermal stimulation, i.e., heat shock, can induce efflux through MscL.
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- S E Jones
- Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433, USA
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Naik RR, Jones EW. The PBN1 gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae: an essential gene that is required for the post-translational processing of the protease B precursor. Genetics 1998; 149:1277-92. [PMID: 9649520 PMCID: PMC1460229 DOI: 10.1093/genetics/149.3.1277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The vacuolar hydrolase protease B in Saccharomyces cerevisiae is synthesized as an inactive precursor (Prb1p). The precursor undergoes post-translational modifications while transiting the secretory pathway. In addition to N- and O-linked glycosylations, four proteolytic cleavages occur during the maturation of Prb1p. Removal of the signal peptide by signal peptidase and the autocatalytic cleavage of the large amino-terminal propeptide occur in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Two carboxy-terminal cleavages of the post regions occur in the vacuole: the first cleavage is catalyzed by protease A and the second results from autocatalysis. We have isolated a mutant, pbn1-1, that exhibits a defect in the ER processing of Prb1p. The autocatalytic cleavage of the propeptide from Prb1p does not occur and Prb1p is rapidly degraded in the cytosol. PBN1 was cloned and is identical to YCL052c on chromosome III. PBN1 is an essential gene that encodes a novel protein. Pbn1p is predicted to contain a sub-C-terminal transmembrane domain but no signal sequence. A functional HA epitope-tagged Pbn1p fusion localizes to the ER. Pbn1p is N-glycosylated in its amino-terminal domain, indicating a lumenal orientation despite the lack of a signal sequence. Based on these results, we propose that one of the functions of Pbn1p is to aid in the autocatalytic processing of Prb1p.
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- R R Naik
- Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA.
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The expression of PRB1, the gene that encodes the precursor to the soluble vacuolar proteinase B (PrB) in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, is regulated by carbon and nitrogen sources and by growth phase. Little or no PRB1 mRNA is detectable during exponential growth on glucose as the carbon source; it begins to accumulate as cells exhaust the glucose. Previous work has shown that glucose repression of PRB1 transcription is not mediated by HXK2 or by the SNF1, SNF4, and SNF6 genes (C. M. Moehle and E. W. Jones, Genetics 124:39-55, 1990). We analyzed the effects of mutations in the MIG1, TUP1, and GRR1 genes on glucose repression of PRB1 and found that mutations in each partially alleviate glucose repression. tup1 and mig1 mutants fail to translocate all of the Prb1p into the lumen of the endoplasmic reticulum. A screen for new mutants revealed mutations in MIG1 and REG1, genes already known to regulate glucose repression, as well as in three new genes that we have named PBD1 to PBD3; all cause derepressed expression. Mutations that result in failure to completely derepress PRB1 were also identified in two new genes, named PND1 and PND2. Good nitrogen sources, like ammonia, repress PRB1 transcription; mutations in URE2 do not affect this response. Derepression upon transfer to a poor nitrogen source is dependent upon GLN3.
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- R R Naik
- Department of Biological Sciences, Mellon Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA.
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